Stockport council is one of Greater Manchester's battleground boroughs in May's local elections.

It's run by a Lib Dem minority administration looking to gain overall control, faced against Stockport Labour and a number of smaller but influential opposition groups.

This year 21 seats are up for grabs in an election which could have huge implications for the council and entire borough.

The candidates are as follows:

Bramhall North

• Mike Bennett (LAB)
• Deborah Hind (GREEN)
• Linda Holt (CON)
• Alex Wynne (LIB DEM)

Bramhall South and Woodford

• Sandy Broadhurst (LAB)
• Peter Crossen (CON)
• Andrew Dearden (GREEN)
• Jeremy Meal (LIB DEM)

Bredbury and Woodley

• Rosemary Barratt (LAB)
• Michael Padfield (GREEN)
• Dan Willis (LIB DEM)
• Bernie Wylde (CON)

Bredbury Green and Romiley

• Pat Bentley (CON)
• Peter Black (LAB)
• Mark Roberts (LIB DEM)
• Stephanie Wyatt (GREEN)

Brinnington and Stockport Central

• Jamie Hirst (LIB DEM)
• Rosalind Lloyd (CON)
• Antony Rablen (GREEN)
• Karl Wardlaw (LAB)

Cheadle East and Cheadle Hulme North

• Yvonne Guariento (LAB & CO-OP)
• Naveed Khan (CON)
• Mike Newman (LIB DEM)
• Mandy Padfield (GREEN)

Cheadle Hulme South

• Peter Atkinson (GREEN)
• Brian Dougal (CON)
• Barry Hawkins (LAB)
• Keith Holloway (LIB DEM)

Cheadle West and Gatley

• Alexander Drury (GREEN)
• Faria Khan (CON)
• Tom Morrison (LIB DEM)
• Colin Owen (LAB)

Davenport and Cale Green

• Paolo Granelli (GREEN)
• Doreen Hopkins (REFORM UK)
• Tara Hughes (PARTY OF WOMEN)
• Nathan Lumb (CON)
• Dominic Wells (LIB DEM)
• Paul Wright (LAB)

Edgeley

• Asa Caton (EDGELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION)
• Douglas Greenhalgh (LIB DEM)
• Patrick Ralph (GREEN)
• Karl Seppman (CON)
• Callum Walmsley (LAB)

Hazel Grove

• Fiona Bullock (GREEN)
• Tim Morley (CON)
• Frankie Singleton (LIB DEM)
• Johnny White (LAB)

Heald Green

• Qasim Ahmed (LIB DEM)
• Kath Priestley (LAB)
• Chitra Ramachandran (GREEN)
• Yvonne Salmons (CON)
• Catherine Stuart (NO AFFILIATION LISTED)

Heatons North

• Sam Dugdale (GREEN)
• Dena Ryness (LAB AND CO-OP)
• Hassan Sajjad (CON)
• Jeffrey Scroggie (LIB DEM)

Heatons South

• Margaret McDermott (LIB DEM)
• Laura Smith (GREEN)
• Joel Tennuchi (CON)
• Claire Vibert (LAB AND CO-OP)

Manor

• Fiona Aviani-Bartram (GREEN)
• Jon Byrne (LAB)
• Jason Jones (LIB DEM)
• Janice McGahan (CON)
• Stephen Speakman (REFORM UK)

Marple North

• John Bright (GREEN)
• Steve Hatton (IND)
• Mike Hill (LAB)
• Michaela Meikle (LIB DEM)
• Nigel Noble (CON)

Marple South and High Lane

• Elizabeth Arnold (CON)
• Mags Hindle (LAB)
• Colin MacAlister (LIB DEM)
• Andrew Threlfall (GREEN)

Norbury and Woodsmoor

• Colin Devine (LAB)
• Philip Handscomb (GREEN)
• Oliver Johnstone (CON)
• Lynn Schofield (REFORM UK)
• Pete West (LIB DEM)

Offerton

• John Kelly (REFORM UK)
• Andrew Lord (CON)
• Dan Oliver (LIB DEM)
• Will Sharp (LAB)
• Steve Torley (GREEN)

Reddish North

• Annette Finnie (CON)
• Paula King (WOMEN'S EQUALITY PARTY)
• Helena Mellish (GREEN)
• Ben Traynor (LIB DEM)
• Rachel Wise (LAB AND CO-OP)

Reddish South

• John Bates (CON)
• James Frizzell (GREEN)
• Susan Ingham (LIB DEM)
• Joanna Williams (LAB AND CO-OP)

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